Helping Hands Comm Based Servs Inc - Outpatient Program

They provide outpatient and telemedicine, which is the whole of what this address in Atlanta is set up for.

They provide detox for 5 substances: opioids, alcohol, benzodiazepines, cocaine and methamphetamines. Whether a bed is free this week is a question for the call, and Atlanta has 8 other centers.

They do not prescribe medication. For opioid use that is worth knowing before you choose, because medication changes what the first weeks look like, and Atlanta has 8 other centers.

They treat adults from 26 to 64 and young adults from 18 to 25. Anyone outside that range is worth a call rather than an assumption, and Atlanta has 8 other centers to try.

Atlanta has 186 free AA meetings as well, which is not treatment but costs nothing and needs no referral.

Dual diagnosis means both are present, and treating them together is the current standard of care. Which came first is usually impossible to untangle and rarely changes what should happen next. Ask who to speak to if the mental health side gets worse mid program.

Expect questions rather than a sales pitch, and expect them to be direct. Understating the amount is the common mistake, and it leads to the wrong level of care being offered. Write down what you are using and how much before you dial, because it is harder to recall out loud.

Outpatient keeps work, school and family going. Inpatient pauses them. Medical risk pushes toward inpatient care: withdrawal that needs supervision is not an outpatient problem. Ask for an assessment rather than a recommendation, then ask what the assessment found.